lot of mothers of young black men killed by police out there who would love to sit down with the speaker of the house and talk about police reform. so, why don t y all just call the speaker up and ask for a meeting? or is mccarthy only interested in throwing red meat to the part of his base that s sympathetic to the mob? or trying to make amends with them, after he said babbitt s shooting was justified just a few weeks ago? one of the first things marjorie taylor greene said that ashley babbitt was murdered. do you think ashley babbitt was murdered or you do you think the police officer who shot her was doing his job? i think the police officer did his job. for her part, ashley babbitt s mother said she spoke to mccarthy about those comments, specifically. i called thought speaker mccarthy was delightful and i know i would imagine you were upset when he said that the cops who shot your daughter was doing his job. did you discuss that specifically? we did. and wh
surrounding former president donald trump. why a grand jury could soon hear from former vice president mike pence. also, our exclusive interview with the leaders of three powerful congressional caucuses, the first time the three have sat down for an interview together. we stand in unity together. i think that is the power of the tricaucus, the power of us is being able to stand together, to make change, and to be there to support each other. but first, the breaking news, a second military base used by the u.s. in syria coming under attack today. it is happening just one day after a drone strike killed one american worker and wounded several troops at a different coalition base. intelligence officials believe the drone came from iran. president biden authorized new air strikes in response. joining us now is nbc news chief white house correspondent peter alexander. good morning. tell us about the new attack and what more do we know about iran s role? reporter: yeah, jos
happens, is anybody s guess, and today s events only added to the drama. i m pamela brown in for anderson tonight. the former president kicked off speculation that an indictment may be imminent with a social media post over the weekend stating that it may come tomorrow but he offered no proof of that and his own lawyer told cnn that they are merely repeating what they read in the media but they can t be because everyone is in the dark about what s going on behind the closed doors of the grand jury room and about when they could reach a decision. all we know is that if the former president is charged, it will be historic and not just for the reasons we cited, but also because of the nature of the crime being alleged. a payoff and coverup of an alleged relationship with an adult film actress, something trump has denied. any potential indictment can also be the first of more charges to come for former president trump. those would involve separate investigations out of the justic
what else are you learning about when this call could happen? reporter: well, it s going to be pretty soon according to the sources i have spoken to inside ukraine. but nothing concrete, i have been told, by senior officials have been scheduled. so it s still very much in the it could possibly happen stage. if it does happen, it would be the first time that president zelenskyy of ukraine has spoken with xi jinping and that contrasts starkly with the amount of contact there has been between the chinese and russian presidents. it s been more than 40 occasions that they have had face-to-face meetings. the latest occasion is scheduled to take place anytime now within the next few minutes they are expected to meet inside the kremlin for formal negotiations how to bring these two increasingly autocratic countries even closer together. remember, russia is an important resource for china s economy. it s got massive reserves of oil and gas and a forestry of minerals that is supply
welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. is it a when or if? a grand jury weighs to indict donald trump. law enforcement in new york and here in washington on alert now for possible protests. the former president s allies in congress are attacking the manhattan prosecutor. plus a handshake watched around the globe. highly choreographed moment by xi jinping and vladimir putin sends a defiant message to the united states and to the west, but so far, no public chinese commitment to help putin on the ukraine battlefield. and president biden takes out his veto pen for the first time. at issue, investment rules. woke capitalism is infecting banks and its government. up first for us, a law and order decision with history on the line. tomorrow the grand jury meets again in manhattan. that maybe the day new york prosecutors lay out charges against the former president of the united states. but the timing of everything her